WEST PLAINS, Mo.– Officials at Missouri State University-West Plains have announced their Dean’s List honorees for the 2012 spring semester in the Great Opportunities for Adult Learners (GOAL) Program.

The GOAL Program, implemented in fall 2011 in West Plains, Mountain Grove and Summersville, aims to help area working adults earn an associate degree in two years by attending classes just one night a week.

GOAL students must meet the same academic guidelines as the university’s other students to qualify for the Dean’s List; they must have earned a 3.5 to 3.99 grade point average for 12 or more credit hours taken during the semester.  Students who maintain a 4.0 grade point average for 12 or more hours are recognized in the GOAL Programs’ Chancellor’s List.

Missouri State-West Plains is the a two-year open admissions campus of the Missouri State University System.  Missouri State-West Plains is a teaching and learning institution providing quality post-secondary educational opportunities to the communities it serves through the offering of associate degrees, certificate programs, and non-credit educational programs, and by serving as a delivery site for bachelor’s and master’s degrees offered by Missouri State University in Springfield.

Editor’s Note:  Students named to the Missouri State-West Plains GOAL Program Dean’s List for the 2012 spring semester are listed below and arranged alphabetically by hometown.

Houston:  David A. Rust

Raymondville:  Anthony T. Goetz

Summersville:  Jessica B. Dresher, Catherine W. McNatt, Shauna L. Pitts, Ashley L. Smotherman, Jodie L. Wilbanks, Teresa M. Richardson

Thayer:  Patrick N. Mills

West Plains:  Stephanie D. Brown, Patrice L. Jennings, Craig R. Jennings, Jessica D. Peterman, Anne E. Taylor, Kody Thompson.